Tokyo Telemessage will end its pager service – which still has 1,500 users – next year.
Japan’s last pager provider has announced it will end its service in September 2019 – bringing a national end to telecommunication beepers, 50 years after their introduction.
Around 1,500 users remain subscribed to Tokyo Telemessage, which has not made the devices in 20 years.
Hospital workers favour them as they do not emit electromagnetic waves, the Japan Times reports .
